one of the hottest and most luminous stars in the Milky Way galaxy - 60,000 times the sun -

Tureis

Arabic: "little shield"

Rho Puppis

8h 7' 32.6 -24° 18' 15

63

2.83

F6II

White Bright Giant

Reticulum

reh TICK you lum

The Net

Star Name

Coords.

Dist.(ly)

Mag.

Spect.

Type of Star

Features, etc.

Zeta 1 Reticuli

Zeta Reticuli

Zeta 2 Reticuli

3h 17' 46.1 -62° 34' 32

40 39

5.53 5.24

G2V G2V

Yellow Main Sequence Wide Binary

Home of the Grays

3h 18' 12.8 -62° 30' 23

Sagittarius

SA jit TARE ee uss

The Archer

Star Name

Coords.

Dist.(ly)

Mag.

Spect.

Type of Star

Features, etc.

Rukbat

Arabic: "knee"

Alpha Sagittarii

19h 23' 53 -40° 36' 58

170

3.96

B8V

Blue Main Sequence

featured in the Dragonriders of Pern series of sci-fi books

Beta 1 Sagittarii

Arkab

Arabic: "Achilles tendon"

Beta 2 Sagittarii

19h 22' 38.2 -44° 27' 32

380

3.96 4.27

B9V F2III

Blue Main Seq White Giant

19h 23' 13.1 -44° 47' 59

139

Alnasl

Arabic: "the point"

Gamma Sagittarii

18h 5' 48.4 -30° 25' 27

96

2.98

K0III

Orange Giant

Kaus Media

aka Kaus Meridionalis

Arb. "bow" + Lat. "middle"

Delta Sagittarii

18h 20' 59.6 -29° 49' 41

310

2.72

K3III

Orange Giant

Kaus Australis

"southern star of the bow"

Epsilon Sagittarii

18h 24' 10.3 -34° 23' 5

145

1.79

B9.5III

Blue Giant

Zeta 1 Sagittarii Zeta 2 Sagittarii

19h 2' 36.6 -29° 52' 49

89

3.27 3.48

A2III A4IV

Blue White Giant Blue White Sub Giant

Kaus Borealis

"northern star of the bow"

Lambda Sagittarii

18h 27' 58.1 -25° 25' 18

77

2.82

K1III

Orange Giant

Nunki

Babylonian proper name

Sigma Sagittarii

18h 55' 15.8 -26° 17' 48

220

2.05

B2.5V

Blue Main Sequence

thought by Babylonians to
be heavenly counterpart to their city, Eridu sacred to the god Ea

Scorpius

SCORE pee us

The Scorpion

Star Name

Coords.

Dist.(ly)

Mag.

Spect.

Type of Star

Features, etc.

Alpha 1 Scorpii

Antares

an TAR eezGreek: "rival of Mars"

Alpha 2 Scorpii

16h 29' 24.4 -26° 25' 55

600

1.06

M1.5Iab-Ib

Red Supergiant Blue Main Seq. Orbital Binary

faint Blue Alpha 2 appears green in contrast to bright Red Alpha 1

5.4

B3V

Beta 1 Scorpii

Acrab

Arabic: "scorpion"

aka - Graffias

means: "claws"

Beta 2 Scorpii

16h 5' 26.1 -19° 48' 19

530

2.59

B1V B2V

Blue Main Seq. Orbital Binary

16h 5' 26.4 -19° 48' 7

4.92

Dschubba

Arabic: "forehead"

Delta Scorpii

16h 0' 19.9 -22° 37' 18

400

2.29

B2IV

Blue Sub Giant

marks the head of the Scorpion

Epsilon Scorpii

16h 50' 9.7 -34° 17' 36

65

2.28

K2III

Orange Giant

Eta Scorpii

17h 12' 9.1 -43° 14' 21

72

3.32

F3IV

White Sub Giant

Girtab

Sumerian: "scorpion"

Theta Scorpii

aka - Sargas

also Sumerian in origin

17h 37' 19 -42° 59' 52

270

1.86

F1II

White Bright Giant

Shaula

Arabic: "the stinger"

Lambda Scorpii

17h 33' 36.4 -37° 6' 13

700

1.62

B1.5IV

Blue Sub Giant

"The Spot" named for
blurry area formed by
Shaula and Lesath
(Upsilon and Lambda)
together mark the tail
of the Scorpion

Lesath

Latin x Arabic: "spot"

Upsilon Scorpii

17h 30' 45.7 -37° 17' 45

520

2.70

B2IV

Blue Sub Giant

Al Niyat

Arabic: "arteries"

Sigma Scorpii

16h 21' 11.2 -25° 35' 34

730

2.90

B2III O9.5V

Blue Giant & Blue Main Seq

The name Al Niyat originally applied to
both Sigma and Tau - on either side of Antares, "the heart"

Tau Scorpii

16h 35' 52.9 -28° 12' 58

430

2.82

B0V

Blue Main Sequence

Serpens

SIR penz

The Snake

Unukalhai

"serpent's neck"

Alpha Serpentis

15h 44' 16 +6° 25' 32

73

2.63

K2 III

Orange Giant

Theta 1 Serpentis

Alya

means: "tail"

Theta 2 Serpentis

18h 56' 13.1 +4° 12' 13

132

4.62

A5 V

Blue White Main Sequence Binary

18h 56' 14.5 +4° 12' 7

4.98

A5 V

Taurus

TOR us

The Bull

Star Name

Coords.

Dist.(ly)

Mag.

Spect.

Type of Star

Features, etc.

*

Aldebaran

al DEB er on"the follower"

Alpha Tauri

4h 35' 55.2 +16° 30' 33

65

0.87

13

K5 III

Orange Red Giant 1 Faint Companion

Adjacent to but not part of The Hyades

El Nath

"the butting one"

Beta Tauri

5h 26' 17.5 +28° 36' 27

131

1.65

B7 III

Blue Giant

Often Considered part of Auriga Tip of Northern Horn

Ain

"bull's eye"

Epsilon Tauri

4h 28' 36.9 +19° 10' 49

155

3.53

K0 III

Orange Giant

Opposite Aldebaran in the V of Hyades

The Pleiades

PLEE uh deez

The 7 Sisters

Star Name

Coords.

Dist.(ly)

Mag.

Spect.

Type of Star

Features, etc.

Alcyone

Eta Tauri

3h 47' 29 +24° 6' 18

370

2.85

B7III

Blue Giant

Brightest star of the Pleiades

Celaeno

16 Tauri

3h 44' 48.1 +24° 17' 22

370

5.45

B7IV

Blue Sub Giant

M 45

Stellar Nurseryabout 415 ly awayan excellent example
of how some stars are likely formed and one of the most
beautiful naked eye objects in the sky.

Appearing as a Tiny Dipper, most people can make out five or six,
but it actually contains hundreds of baby stars 9 of which are named
- the Seven Sisters and their parents- from GreekMythology

The entire cluster is enveloped in a faint blue nebulosity,
the remains of the cloud from which they formed.

Electra

17 Tauri

3h 44' 52.5 +24° 6' 48

330

3.72

B6III

Blue Giant

18 Tauri

3h 45' 9.7 +24° 50' 21

370

5.66

B8V

Blue Main Sequence

Taygeta

19 Tauri

3h 45' 12.4 +24° 28' 2

370

4.30

B6V

Blue Main Sequence

Maia

20 Tauri

3h 45' 49.5 +24° 22' 4

360

3.87

B8III

Blue Giant

Asterope

21 Tauri

3h 45' 54.3 +24° 33' 17

390

5.76

B8V

Blue Main Sequence

22 Tauri

3h 46' 2.8 +24° 31' 41

350

6.43

A0V

Blue Main Sequence

Merope

23 Tauri

3h 46' 19.5 +23° 56' 54

360

4.18

B6IV

Blue Sub Giant

Atlas

The Father

27 Tauri

3h 49' 9.7 +24° 3' 12

380

3.62

B8III

Blue Giant

Pleione

The Mother

BU (28) Tauri

3h 49' 11.1 +24' 8' 12

390

5.05

B8V

Blue Main Sequence

Triangulum

try ANG you lum

The Triangle

Star Name

Coords.

Dist.(ly)

Mag.

Spect.

Type of Star

Features, etc.

Mothallah

aka: Caput Trianguli

Alpha Trianguli

1h 53' 4.8 +29° 34' 44

65

3.42

F6IV

White Sub Giant

Triangulum Australe

tri ANG u lum os TRAL us

The Southern Triangle

Star Name

Coords.

Dist.(ly)

Mag.

Spect.

Type of Star

Features, etc.

Atria

"Alpha" + "Trianguli"Alpha Trianguli Australus

16h 48' 39.9 -69° 1' 40

420

1.91

K2II-III

Orange Bright Giant

Tucana

two CAN ah

The Parrot

Star Name

Coords.

Dist.(ly)

Mag.

Spect.

Type of Star

Features, etc.

Zeta Tucanae

0h 20' 4.2 -64° 52' 30

28

4.23

F9V

White Main Sequence

Ursa Major

ER sa MAY jor

Big Bear - Big Dipper

Star Name

Coords.

Dist.(ly)

Mag.

Spect.

Type of Star

Features, etc.

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Alpha A Ursae Majoris

Alpha B Ursae Majoris

Dubhe

Arabic: "bear"DOO bee

Alpha C Ursae Majoris

11h 3' 43.6 +61° 45' 3

124

2.02

4.95

K0II-III A8V

Orange Giant Blue White Main Seq.

The Big Dipper

To find the North Star, imagine a line between the two stars marking the front of the cup
- Dubhe and Merak (aka Alpha and Beta) - continue that line up about 5 times its length points right to Polaris

This Constellation is known as The Government in Chinese Mythology.

These 7 stars are all of similar makeup and relatively close to
each other - and to us - likely a common origin.

To find the Ecliptic (the orbital plane of the Solar System),
the curve of the handle of the Big Dipper "arcs" to Arcturus (Alpha Bootis) -
continue the same arc to Spica (Alpha Virginis)- right on the Ecliptic -
with Blue Regulus (Alpha Leonis) to the west
and Red Antares (Alpha Scorpii) to the east.